restaurants, then Bob BOB CONLON AT LEUNIG'S KNOW THEY'RE IN FOR A BUSY..BUSY WEEKEND AND HE HAS A REQUEST. BOB CONLON We just keep our fingers crossed that it's not too hot and that it's not raining. THE VERMONT CITY MARATHON BRINGS THOUSANDS OF RUNNERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO TOWN. --- AND AFTER THE RACE...THEY'RE HUNGRY. BOB CONLON/LEUNIG' S We'll prep extra food, we'll bring all our servers in earlier. The night crew comes in earlier because the day crew will be exhausted ORGANIZERS ESTIMATE THE ANNUAL EVENT GENERATES BETWEEN THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CITY. CONLON EXPECTS A NICE SLICE OF THAT PIE. CONLON might be an extra $10,000 over and above what we normally do NATS cars pass by mariott welcome signs AT THE MARIOTT... they say MARATHONERS enjoy staying RIGHT ON THE RACE COURSE -- and THEY GET A CHEERFUL WELCOME. JOE CARTON/GM we're loading up on bananas and goo STAFF SAYS ALL 161 ROOMS THIS WEEKEND'S HAVE BEEN BOOKED FOR MONTHS. CARTON since it is an annual thing, a lot of people will book as they check-out last year for this year or when they check out this year, they'll book again for next year RUNNERS ALSO RACK UP BILLS AT CHURCH STREET'S MANY SHOPS -- THOUGH MARATHON ORGANIZERS SAY THE MONEY BEST SPENT -- IS FOR CHARITIES. PETER DELANEY they'll raise, probably in the neighborhood of $225,000 and most of that money, about 75 percent of that money stays in Vermont IN BURLINGTON... LAUREN VICTORY...NEWS CHANNEL 5.